8.2% ▼ -25.0%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Smithfield - Elizabeth North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Smithfield - Elizabeth North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Smithfield - Elizabeth North provide unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community contribution here. While many residents help out at home, formal volunteering has dropped and is now well below national levels.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.2% of people volunteer, a figure that is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 14.1%. This is a decline from 2011, when 10.9% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 14.4% of people providing help—a rate a little above the national figure. However, those caring for children (23.9%) and those doing 15 or more hours of housework (19.8%) are both lower than in most other areas.
14.4% ▲ +14.4%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.9% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 19.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
About 3.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for similar areas and about the same as the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
3.0%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Smithfield - Elizabeth North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402021034/smithfield-elizabeth-north/topic/community